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Write Something Every Day ~ New Book

5 Oct 202215 Oct 2022
We are excited to announce the release of our first book — Write Something Every Day: 366 Pencil Sharpeners for Students of Writing. One of the best pieces of advice…
Site Updates

Step-by-Step Guide to Homeschooling ~ Updated

4 Aug 20222 Nov 2022
Our Step-by-Step Guide was the first thing we published back in 2001 when we started our original site. The guide has been frequently updated, but the principles really haven't changed.…
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Things to Do: August 2022

28 Jul 202219 Jul 2022
We have updated our August learning calendar for 2022. In August, we are typically wrapping up summer and looking ahead to a more routine existence! To that end, you'll find…
The Library

A Biblical Home Education by Ruth Beechick ~ Review

7 Oct 202114 Jul 2022
A Biblical Home Education by Dr. Ruth Beechick has been a favorite of ours for years. Subtitled Building Your Homeschool on the Foundation of God’s Word, A Biblical Home Education…
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Things to Do: August 2021

29 Jul 202128 Jun 2022
We have updated our August learning calendar for 2021. In August, we are typically wrapping up summer and looking ahead to a more routine existence! To that end, you'll find…
How-To

7 Scopes & Sequences and Tips for Using Them

3 May 202114 Jul 2022
We can’t get where we’re going if we don’t know where that is. When we pull together our own studies and/or are studying subjects in an atypical order it is…
How-To

What Type of Learner Do You Have

16 Sep 202030 Aug 2022
People learn things in different ways. Some learn by watching demonstrations. Some learn better with diagrams and charts. Still others learn best by getting in there and doing something. By…
The Finds

Editable Graphic Organizer Templates ~ Free

12 Aug 20206 Jul 2022
One common tool in a tutor's toolbox is the graphic organizer. What better way to help a student organize his thoughts or develop the big picture? And what would be…
Site Updates

Step-by-Step Guide to Homeschooling {Updated}

24 Jun 20182 Nov 2022
Our Step-by-Step Guide was the first thing we published back in 2001 when we started our original site. The guide has been frequently updated, but the principles really haven't changed.…
Tools

3 Simple Summer Tips for Home Tutors

14 Jun 201828 Jun 2022
Even if you educate all year long, you may want to keep about one month free over the summer to evaluate what worked, what didn't work, and what you might…
Tools

Things to Do: August

27 Jul 20171 Sep 2022
Finish up summer with some summer-fun experiments and units, nature walks, good reads, and good food — while gathering up resources for the new year ahead! Feel the heat.Experiment with…
How-To

Summer School for Mom: Introduction

7 Jun 201712 Jul 2022
Ah, summer. Time to shift gears. Take a break. Relax. Breathe.... It is also the time when most DIY homeschool moms plan! Our Summer School for Mom series will help…
The Library

The Well-Trained Mind {Review}

4 Apr 201718 Oct 2022
Jessie Wise taught three children at home from elementary school through high school; all three completed college degrees and two also completed graduate degrees — including Susan Wise Bauer. Drawing…
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For the Children’s Sake ~ Review

21 Mar 201715 Aug 2022
For the Children's Sake by Susan Schaeffer Macaulay is a book that may change the way you think about education. Susan Schaeffer Macaulay, daughter of Francis and Edith Schaeffer, draws…
The Library

A Twaddle-Free Education ~ Review

31 Jan 2017
Back in our early days of homeschooling, when the Internet was still getting off the ground, one of the first sources I found for information on Charlotte Mason was Deborah…
The Library

Alpha-Phonics Workbook {Free}

9 Mar 20162 Jul 2022
Homeschool moms sometimes fret over the subject of reading. This is rather humorous if you think about it — you do know how to read, right? There really is nothing…
The Library

102 Top Picks for Homeschool Curriculum

26 Jan 2015
Back in the day ... way back ... Cathy Duffy had two books on the market that covered all (or nearly all) of the curriculum options available for homeschool families…
How-To

22 Ways to Love, Do & Think Every Day

9 Apr 201430 Jul 2022
What are those important things we want our children to come into contact with every day? Years ago while reading A Charlotte Mason Companion by Karen Andreola for the first…
The Library

Natural Speller: Review & Helps

26 Mar 201429 Aug 2022
Natural Speller by Kathryn Stout is part of a series of books from Design-A-Study that help the DIY homeschoool Mom craft her own custom curriculum, focusing on going at the…
The Library

Drawing Made Easy {Free eBook}

23 May 201314 Jul 2022
Drawing Made Easy is another wonderful book by E.G. Lutz. I would classify it as the next step after What to Draw and How to Draw It. Subtitled A Helpful…
The Library

Dinah Zike’s Foldables {Free}

12 Apr 201328 Jun 2022
What are foldables? Foldables are multi-dimensional graphic organizers that can be used for skills reinforcement, practice, and/or information organizing. We call them lapbooks. Early in our homeschooling career we purchased…
The Library

Self-Teaching Handwriting Course {Free}

8 Apr 201312 Mar 2022
Ever heard of The Palmer Method of handwriting?  Many of us around the country in small, slower schools were still being taught the Palmer method of cursive handwriting in the…
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Arithmetic for Young Children {Free eBook}

18 Feb 2013
How do we learn most things? By doing them. Then when we have that experience under our belts and have a familiarity with them, we are ready to "talk" about…
The Library

How to Write Clearly

24 Jan 201314 Jan 2023
Many of Dr. Beechick's ideas when it comes to writing are are summarized in her book, How to Write Clearly: The Meaning Approach. There seems to be two main concerns…
The Library

Drawing for Beginners {Free eBook}

16 Nov 20126 Sep 2022
Drawing for Beginners by Dorothy Furniss is surprisingly robust for a beginner's drawing book. After a few pages devoted to technical hints (principles of drawing with various mediums), the book…
How-To

Bloom’s & Critical Thinking: Remembering

10 Oct 20121 Nov 2022
The Remembering or Knowledge level (Bloom's Taxonomy) involves bringing to mind the information to be recalled. That's it. Simple. Simple unless you have a difficult time remembering things, or the…

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Four Great Americans ~ Free eBook

Four Great Americans ~ Free eBook

Four Great Americans contains biographies of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Webster, and Abraham Lincoln. Free.

6 Feb 202331 Jan 2023
100 Best Books for Children ~ Aikin

100 Best Books for Children ~ Aikin

Number 51 on The Hundred Best Books for Children list found in The Book-lover are stories from Evenings at Home by Aikin.

2 Feb 20235 Feb 2023
Presidents Day Update {Free Unit}

Presidents Day Update {Free Unit}

We have updated our Presidents Day Holiday Helps page, a free unit study, for 2023.

1 Feb 202328 Jan 2023
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  • Edison’s Incandescent Light Bulb: A Unit Study
    Edison’s Incandescent Light Bulb: A Unit Study
  • Interactive Number Chart {Free}
    Interactive Number Chart {Free}
  • Lapbook Templates {Free}
    Lapbook Templates {Free}
  • Free Nature Studies: Our Wonderful World
    Free Nature Studies: Our Wonderful World
  • The Original Boxcar Children {Free eBook}
    The Original Boxcar Children {Free eBook}
  • 8 Places to Find Children's Books in the Public Domain
    8 Places to Find Children's Books in the Public Domain
  • Drawing Made Easy {Free eBook}
    Drawing Made Easy {Free eBook}

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